Shloka 9

Devanagari script

येन त्वां नाभिजानन्ति ततोऊज्ञातोडसि पातितः । प्रीत्यैव चासि दौहिवत्रैस्तारितस्त्वमिहागत:,*राजर्षे! फिर तुम्हींने 'अभिमानपूर्ण बर्तावसे” अपने पुण्यका नाश किया था। उस समय समस्त स्वर्गवासियोंका चित्त तमोगुणसे व्याप्त हो गया था, जिससे वे तुम्हें नहीं जानते या नहीं पहचानते थे; अतः सबके लिये अज्ञात होनेके कारण तुम स्वर्गसे नीचे गिरा दिये गये। फिर तुम्हारे दौह्ित्रोंने प्रेमपूर्वक तुम्हें तार दिया है, जिससे तुम पुनः यहाँ आ गये हो

Transliteration

yena tvāṁ nābhijānanti tato 'jñāto 'si pātitaḥ | prītyaiva cāsi dauhitrais tāritas tvam ihāgataḥ ||

Translation

正因那过失，他们才不认得你；因此你既为众人所不识，便被抛落天界。然而你女儿的诸子唯以亲爱之情救拔了你——所以你又来到此处。

Word by Word

येनby which (reason)

त्वाम्you

नnot

अभिजानन्तिthey recognize/know

ततःtherefore/from that

अज्ञातःunknown

असिyou are

पातितःcaused to fall / cast down

प्रीत्याwith affection

एवindeed/just

चand

असिyou are

दौहित्रैःby (your) grandsons (daughter’s sons)

तारितःsaved/rescued

त्वम्you

इहhere

आगतःcome/arrived

राजर्षेO royal sage

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

a fallen king (rājarṣi, implied addressee)

svargavāsins (heaven-dwellers, implied by context)

dauhitra (daughter’s sons / grandsons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pride and self-exalting conduct can obscure one’s earned merit and lead to a fall; conversely, sincere affection and familial responsibility (here, the daughter’s sons) can become a means of rescue and restoration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada explains to a royal sage that he was not recognized in heaven and was therefore cast down; later, his grandsons through his daughter, acting out of love, delivered him and enabled his return.